TRINI LOPEZ: "THE FOLK ALBUM"

Original Released on LP Reprise RS 6147 (US, January 1965)

Produced by Don Costa

TRACKS:

A1 - Lemon Tree (Will Holt) 2:50
A2 - Pretty Eyes (Randazzo - Weinstein) 2:45
A3 - Greenback Dollar (Axton - Ramsey) 2:22
A4 - Puff (The Magic Dragon) (Yarrow - Lipton) :30
A5 - I Love Your Beautiful Brown Eyes (Lopez - Zeller) 2:45
A6 - Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan) 3:11

B1 - We’ll Sing In The Sunshine (Gale Garnett) :40
B2 - Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) (Segal - Danzig) 3:30
B3 - Crooked Little Man (Ersel Hickey - Ed. E. Miller) :27
B4 - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Bob Dylan) 3:35
B5 - Michael (Dave Fisher) 2:52
B6 - This Train (Yarrow - Stookey) 2:32

TRINI LOPEZ'S LATIN ALBUMS (1964 / 1966)

Original released on LP Reprise R-6125

(US, 1964)

QUESTION:

What Could Be Better Than Trini's First "Latin Album"?

ANSWER:

The Second "Latin Album"!

Original released on LP Reprise R-6215

(US, 1966)

One of the nice things about understanding Spanish is that you'll be able to know what Trini Lopez is singing about. But one of the nice things about not understanding Spanish is that you won't have to bother. Either way it's a good deal, but the bi-lingual listeners are going to have a tough time just sitting back and enjoying the sound of Trini Lopez. We're not talking about the sound of the whole musical group. We're not talking about the familiar sound of Trini's guitar and a mouthful of English lyrics. We're talking about the comparatively neglected and absolutely delightful sound of Trini's voice. 

Granted that the Spanish language is more euphonious than English, and more mellifluous, still there are voices and there are voices. Trini Lopez has one of the nice ones. It's happy, it's warm, it's romantic, it has a sincere lyrical line for ballads and an explosively creative approach to up-tempo tunes. Trini Lopez has been enjoyed by the world for some time now. And if you mentioned all the qualities that have endeared him to people you'd have a list that listed enthusiasm, a beat, warm personality, a refined approach to rock and roll, a happy combination of Latin feeling and American folk music.

TRINI LOPEZ RECORDED LIVE AT PJ'S

Original released on LP Reprise RS 6093

(US, August 1963)

TRINI's "The Whole Enchilada"

Original Released on LP Reprise R-6337 
(1969)

If you’re a Trini Lopez fan, and you don’t own this album, then you truly have not swallowed the whole enchilada! Seriously, how about an album that teams Trini’s 'nonpareil' performing talent with the legendary songwriting / producing duo of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart... imagine the possibilities! Well, few did in the late-’60s, as this was one of Trini’s few albums not to chart, but nowadays collectors hyperventilate over such offbeat pairings, so we’re serving this one up hot ’n’ fresh. So many times, an album's sales figures have little to do with the quality of the music. That's exactly the case here: This 1969 album was Trini's first on Reprise not to reach the charts, but it's one of the best things he ever did. Working with Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart, he cut some of the most exciting and invigorating songs in his career. While some of his later Reprise stuff moved him squarely into the easy-listening market, this disc features a vibrant, fun energy, and Trini is at his best on the tracks. Notice how he playfully throws in some Spanish on "Come a Little Bit Closer," or the shout-out to Sinatra on the wonderful, should-have-been-a-single "My Baby Loves Sad Songs." There's also a gorgeous, bilingual version of Donovan's "Lalena," and a convincing, gritty take of "Sunshine of Your Love." Trini only did one more album for Reprise after this (the soundtrack to his TV special), but he went out on a high note.

TRINI LOPEZ: THE R&B ALBUM (1965)

Original Released on LP Reprise R-6171 (1965)

TRINI IN LONDON

Original Released on LP Reprise R-6238 (1967)

TRINI LOPEZ and LONDON go together like MINI SKIRTS and BIRDS. They're naturals. London, now the Crown City of What's Happening, is being immortalized by groups, by boutiques, by films, by everything this side of sliced bread, which is next. It's little wonder that Trini's most electrically alive LP was plugged and perfomed two miles deep in Chelsea.

Trini had been in London filming his costarring role in "The Dirty Dozen". He'd also been America's most dashing export to London since World War II. A natural night-lifer, Trini took on London bigger than anyone since Catherine of Anjou. He took London, turned it upside down, and shook out all its goodness-with-a-twist-of-rye.

Part of any such wild times in London had to be a wild new album. Trini's longtime collaborater in the record world, producer-arranger Don Costa, jetted over to London (who takes a boat?) to set up the sessions.

Anyone who suspects that London musicians balance teacups on their guitars will quickly undergo a blown mind after sampling this session. The rhythm, the drive, the excitement in "Trini Lopez in London" more than equals any of his domestic product.

Maybe it was a refreshing surrounding that did it. Maybe Trini, like the rest of London, was just a little bit more switched on.

Whatever happened... it happened.

(Original liner notes)

EP Reprise R 30013 (UK, 1963)

TRINI LOPEZ

"Trini Lopez At P.J.'S"